Yeah i agree man.Omegahealer: Instead of seeing it from the negative side, try see it from the positive side. Just because they are brining a server merge doesn't necessarily mean the game's dead. They are just giving us a favor, having more to do, meet new faces. The whole reason why we play AO is to actually play it, right? You are not forced to play, go ahead and quit when the server merge gets implemented. I for the other hand will re-activate, meet new faces, and get that whole AO feeling again.
How many new/old players that will return with the giving engine and rebalance is hard to say.
If the servers were to be overpopulated, would be fun and a sad thing in both ways. Fun for the more pvp'ing going on, sad for the more camped mobs and prices of stuff going up alot.
They will probably take a new server into mind if this scenario becomes reality and stays permanent for a long time.
Thank you Lindelu for posting this, I'm all excited now and I can't wait to see the video in the upcomming days!